The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-09-01

having offered 100000 acres of land to
any mission society that will undertake
to civilize the natives, the pope has di-
rected that immediate attention be paid
to the offer, in order to forestall Protest.
ant societies.
The excitement in Havana over
the removal of the official GUS
tom house by the governor general is un-
abated. Two thousand people holding a
demonstration over the affair in the park
last Friday night were charged On by the
police and sveral persons wounded.
Typographical Union No. held a
meeting in New York, Sunday, and dis
c11ssed the practicahiEty Of demanding
50 cents d thousand ems for setting type,
besides 50 cents an hour extra for work
after . a. n. The general sentiment was
in favor of demanding the advance.
The Herald building, in Montreal, was
burned last Friday for the second time
in Eve years. The Herald printing COM
paly loses it's whole plant, valued at
ove $7o000, on which there is very little
insurance. The ground floor, occupied
as stores and offices, was entirely de-
stro,ed.
By an executive order, Governor Cor
don,of Georgia, has called the lessees Of
penitntiary companies Nos 2 and to
show cause why their leases should not
be aniulled, and there is no doubt as to
the governors intention to declare the
leases ;nntllled, owing to the violation of
its provisions by the lessees.
A constant watch Is kept in San Fran
cisco for the clipper ships Seminole and
Charmer, which left New York in May on
the ocean race. The ships have now
been 1C6 days, and nothing has been
heard of them since one of the vessels
vas sighted a few weeks ago. The time
will not equal former records, as the trip
has been made in less than 100 days.
The members Of the grand army who
participated in the demonstration at
Wheeling, West Virginia, last Friday,
refused to pass under the portrait of
President Cleveland, suspended from the
rgister Office. The entire column made
a.}etour, and dropped their colors in
gFS1 gS5 v1stlsGas thG piiGGtqEs piG There we're oyer
nil, Chic and West Virginia.
N the first race at Saratoga last Non
da a collision occurred between the
hrses at the head Of the stretch, Zeb
Yard, Sadie Nc, Music and Fountain
al going down. Jockey West was bad
| hurt, his head being cut open and re-
oived other injuries. It is thought he
wi die. Penny had bis skull fractured.
Wackel was severely injured. The bal
anc escaped with slight shocks.
LIST Saturday morning powder ex-
plosn occurred at the Union powder
wors, seven miles from Eel Paso, Texas
A NV machine for mixing the ingre-
dierB was being turned by boy. He
faila to oil the machinery, and after
threquarters of an hour turning, the
fricbn caused heat sufficient to ignite
, sixt-one pounds Of the material in the
q maaine. One man was frightfully
p buled, and the boy but slightly.
: bv. Edward T. Downe. the mission
arof the American board at Ponape, il
tn Caroline islands, who was arrested
:, tlee weeks ago and imprisoned by tht
S;anish authorities, on the pretext thai
b had incensed the natives to dlsloy
a;y, has been released. The American
avernment may find it necessary to sent
r ;war ship to the Caroline islands to pro
I sct the interests Of our citizens.
: Letters from Frazer and Stewart ,datet
Tort Chippeway, July 5th, state tha
they have reached that point after man
! hardships, forest fires being numerou
and destructive. The destitutlon at + or
Chippeway last winter was terrible, an
several cases of canabalism are reported
One old woman at Little Red river ad
nlits having killed and eaten her Who'll
family. Starvation and canabalism az
also reported from Mckenzie river.
Judge Potter, of New York, has grant
ed stay in the Sharp case. Judge 70
ter in his decision says: He has becon1
impressed with the clear conviction tia
during the trial the court fell into errt
in the admission Of some Of the ev1dene
offered by the prosecution, and for thos
errors the appellate court must grant a
fcndant new trial. The case could nj
come up now till the general term, me-
October Application will at once
. made to have Sharp released on ball.
A story of horrible deprayity com'
from Tenino, Thurston county, W. :
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